Harrington Lake

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Harrington Lake La résidence du lac Mousseau (French)
General information
Architectural style	Colonial Revival style
Town or city	Gatineau, Quebec
Country	Canada
Coordinates	45°33′14″N 75°55′46″W / 45.55389°N 75.92944°W / 45.55389; -75.92944
Current tenants	Prime Minister of Canada
Construction started	1925[1]
Client	Cameron Macpherson Edwards
Owner	The King in Right of Canada
Landlord	National Capital Commission
Technical details
Size	16 room home on 5.4-hectare (13-acre) property

Lac Mousseau
Lac Mousseau
Location	Gatineau Park, Quebec
Coordinates	45°34′10″N 75°57′24″W / 45.56944°N 75.95667°W / 45.56944; -75.95667
Basin countries	Canada

Harrington Lake (French: La résidence du lac Mousseau) is the summer residence and all-season retreat of the prime minister of Canada, and also the name of the land which surrounds it. The farm that surrounded most of the lake was the property of Margaret and John Harrington. John could not farm the land and moved to the local town of Iron Sides (now Old Chelsea). The family stayed on the farm for many years and eventually moved to old Ottawa. The property is located near Meech Lake—where the Meech Lake Accord was negotiated in 1987—approximately 35 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, in Gatineau Park, amidst the Gatineau Hills in Quebec. The property is not open to the public, but the Mackenzie King Estate, the retreat of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King at Kingsmere, is a tourist attraction located 2 kilometres south in the park.